Verse
N.C.
Far, far from the isle of the holy and grand
Where wild oxen fatten and brave men are banned
N.C.
All lonely and lone in a far distant land
Do I wander and pine for poor Éireann
[Chorus]
N.C. A B E F#m B C#m
Lonely and sad I roam, far from my native home
B E F# G#m
Where the wild waves surging foam, headlands appearing
F#m B G#m F#
Clouded in silver spray, flashing through heaven's bright ray
E C#m B
For thy glory and pride, lovely Éireann
[Verse 2]
N.C. B G#m E F#
Sweet, sweet Inis Cathaigh, the sacred, the blessed
E C#m A F#
Fit place for a saint or a warrior's rest
B G#m E F#
Your sentinel towers left each storm repressed
E C#m F# B
Your mourning waves wail for my Éireann
[Verse 3]
N.C. B G#m E F#
There is nothing now left, holy isle, but thy name
E C#m A F#
The ruin of thy glory, thy grandeur, thy fame
B G#m E F#
For foreign laws see thy sadness and pain
E C#m F# B
That now cause thy anguish, my Éireann
[Chorus]
A B E F#m B C#m
Lonely and sad I roam, far from my island home
B E F# G#m
Where the wild waves surging foam, headlands appearing
F#m B G#m F#
Clouded in silver spray, flashing through heaven's bright ray
E C#m B
For thy glory and pride, lovely Éireann
[Verse 4]
N.C.B G#m E F#
How dearly I longed for to wander once more
E C#m A F#
To the loved ones I left at my old cabin door
B G#m E F#
My blessings I'd given a thousand times o'er
E C#m F# B
And a prayer and a tear for poor Éireann
[Verse 5]
N.C. B G#m E F#
Sad, sad is my fate in this weary exile
E C#m A F#
Dark, dark is the night cloud o'er lone Shanakyle
B G#m E F#
Where the murdered sleep silently pile upon pile
E C#m F# B
In the coffinless graves of poor Éireann
[Chorus]
A B E F#m B C#m
Lonely and sad I roam, far from my island home
B E F# G#m
Where the wild waves surging foam, headlands appearing
F#m B G#m F#
Clouded in silver spray, flashing through heaven's bright ray
E C#m B
For thy glory and pride, lovely Éireann